REPORT: Cardinals set to interview Kliff Kingsbury Tuesday

The long-awaited interview is happening. The Arizona Cardinals have had former Texas Tech head coach and USC offensive coordinator on their radar as a candidate to replace Steve Wilks as head coach. After initially being blocked by USC from interviewing him, the interview will now happen.

According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, it will occur Tuesday, a day after meeting with the New York Jets and impressing them.

The #AZCardinals are interviewing former #TexasTech coach & #USC OC Kliff Kingsbury for the vacant head-coaching job today, source said. He spent yesterday impressing the Jets, now has a chance to do the same to Arizona. They’ve had sincere interest in the innovator for a while.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter has said there is mutual interest between Arizona and Kingsbury.

Kingsbury is known as a brilliant offensive mind who gets the best out of the quarterbacks he coaches. He has no NFL coaching experience, though he was a backup quarterback four seasons in the league. He was 35-40 as a head coach at Texas Tech before he was let go in November.

His teams have been in the top five offensively in five of the last nine seasons. His teams have scored a lot against better opponents, but he has not had great success in terms of wins and losses.

With the NFL trending toward young, offensive coaches, Kingsbury is perhaps the most exciting name in the business right now.

He will be the fifth candidate to interview with Arizona. They have previously met with former Dolphins head coach Adam Gase, former Colts and Lions head coach Jim Caldwell, Rams QB coach Zac Taylor and Saints assistant head coach and tight ends coach Dan Campbell.